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tiptoeing

/ˈtɪptəʊɪŋ/

/ˈtɪptoʊɪŋ/

tiptoeing around

tiptoeing out

Translations

tiptoeingnoun

хождение на цыпочках

She moved with tiptoeing to avoid waking the baby.

Она передвигалась хождением на цыпочках, чтобы не разбудить ребенка.

Synonyms

silent movement

quiet walking

stealthy movement

tiptoeinggerund / present participle

/ˈtɪp.təʊ.ɪŋ/

/ˈtɪp.toʊ.ɪŋ/

Used attributively to describe someone or something that is walking quietly on the toes.

Synonyms

padfooted

quietly moving

gingerly stepping

cautiously advancing

soft-stepping

noiselessly moving

furtive

tip-toeing

walking on tiptoe

stealthily moving

tiptoeverb

tiptoeing

Gerund

tiptoed

Past Simple

tiptoed

Past Participle

tiptoeing

Gerund

/ˈtɪptəʊ/

/ˈtɪptoʊ/

красться

She had to tiptoe around the sleeping baby.

Ей пришлось красться вокруг спящего ребенка.

ходить на цыпочках

He tried to tiptoe past the guard without being noticed.

Он попытался пройти мимо охранника на цыпочках, чтобы его не заметили.

Additional translations

Synonyms

tiptoingnoun

tiptoeing

хождение на цыпочках

She moved with tiptoing to avoid waking the baby.

Она передвигалась хождением на цыпочках, чтобы не разбудить ребенка.

Synonyms

stealthy walking

Definitions

tiptoeingnoun

The act of walking quietly and carefully on the toes to avoid making noise.

Her tiptoeing was so quiet that no one heard her enter the room.

tiptoeinggerund / present participle

Walking quietly and carefully on the toes.

The tiptoeing cat slipped past the sleeping dog.

tiptoeverb

To walk quietly and carefully with one's heels raised and one's weight on the balls of the feet.

She had to tiptoe around the sleeping baby to avoid waking him up.

tiptoingnoun

The act of walking quietly and carefully on the balls of one's feet, often to avoid making noise.

She was tiptoeing around the house to avoid waking the baby.